Tipple



A. H. WOOD.

TIPPLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 7| 19] 5. 1,195,545. Patented Aug. 1916.

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A. H. WOOD.

TIPPLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7. 19:5. 1,195,545. Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

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TIPPLE.

Application filed April 7, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER HAMILTON 001), a citizen of the United States, residing at Petros, in the county of Morgan and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tipples, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawmg.

My improvement relates particularly to railway tipples which comprise a track sec tion intended to receive a car for turning the latter suliiciently to discharge the contents of the car by'gravity. Y

The object of the improvement is to provide a tipple containing means for restraining or limiting the flow of material from the car into the usual stationary chute located beneath the track section which turns for the purpose of giving the car the necessary inclination for discharge. The purpose of thus retarding or controlling the discharge of the contents of the car is to prevent breakage of the material. This is specially important when such material is lump coal which should be kept in lumps for commercial reasons. Furthermore such retarding tends to protect the apparatus from damage by blows from the material moving at high velocity.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tipple embodying my improvement, all the parts being in the position of rest and a loaded car having moved from the left into position to engage the hood of the tipple mechanism for putting said hood into motion; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same structure, the car being forward far enough and the parts of the tipple being ready for the tilting of the car; Fig. 3 is a section on the line, 3-3, of Fig. 1,. looking toward the right; Fig. 4 is a section on the line, l4, of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a view of the apparatus in the position shown in Fig. 1, looking toward the left; Fig. 6 is a similar view looking toward the left when the apparatus is in the position shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to said drawings, A, is a portion of a stationary track leading to the tilting section, B. Said section is pivoted on the horizontal, transverse a-Xle, C, which is rigid with said track-section. Each rail on the section, B, has a hook-form stop, D, to engage the forward wheels, E, of the car, F. Said steps may be of any form now known Specification of Letters Patent.

for this purpose.

Patented Au 22, 1916.

Serial No. 19,776.

G is the usual inclined hinged track section forward of the tilting track section which supports the car while the latter is being tilted for the discharge of its load, the sections, B, and G, being suitably coupled to each other. H is a cross sill which forms a stop or rest for the forward portion of the section, B, when the latter has been tilted.

The stationary chute, I, is located below the hinged or tilting track section, B, and is approximately concentric with the shaft, C. The precise inclination to be given to said chute depends upon the quantity and kind of coal to be discharged and the velocity desired for the coal. Vdith this stationary chute and the tilting track section, B, is associated a traveling member which has a two-fold nature. First, it may be regarded as a continuation or upper section of the chute, I; and, second, it may be regarded as a-hood or lid extending across the car while the car is being tilted, such hood serving to restrain and confine the coal during the flow of the latter from the body of the car downward upon and along the stationary chute, I. J designates this hood or chute section. When the entire apparatus is in its position of rest, as shown in Fig. 1, the hood is high enough to allow the car to enter beneath the hood. The rear end of said hood is supported by arms, 1, and rollers, 52, the latter resting in curved and channeled rails, 3, which are supported by standards, 4, the upper ends of which are connected to and supported by stationary structure members not shown. The forward end of said hood is supported at each side by a bar, 5, located at each side of the structure and having its lower end secured immovably to the aXle, C, and having its upper forward end coupled at, 6, to the middle of the arm, 7, which has its upper end coupled to an ear, 8, which is rigid on the body of the hood. To effect such coupling, the arm, 7, has an elongated eye, 9, into which extends a wrist, 10, which is supported on the ear, 8. The arm, 7, extends downward below the coupling, 6, and at its lower end supports a counter weight, 11.

Within the rear portion of the hood is an angle bar, 12, having a downward-directed arm and a horizontal arm extending forward along the upper cross wall of the hood. The pair is hinged to the cross wall at the juncs tion of said arms so that the bar may swing rearward but not forward. The upright arm extends downward far enough to be engaged by the cross rod, 13, which supports the depending door, 14, at the forward end of the car. Thus provision is made for engaging and propelling the hood by the car when the latter is moving forward from the left into position upon the tilting track section, B, the rod, 13, being below said upright arm shortly after engagement during such forward movement, and said rod, 13, tilting the angle bar backward on its hinge during the backward or return movement of the car, as hereinafter described. The track section, B, remains stationary until the car has moved forward far enough to engage and be stopped by the hook-form stops, D. Hence the arms, 5, and the hinges, 6, will remain stationary until the car has reached such position. I

When the forward end of the car engages the arm, 12, the hood, J, is pushed forward, the rollers, 2, moving forward in the channels of the rails, 3, and the arm 7, turning on the hinges 6, clock-wise, as viewed in Fig. 1, because the ear, 8, and wrist, 10, are carried 1iioi'vcil ard by the forward movement of the The forward movement of the hood can proceed until the arms, 7, have become nearly inverted and the wrists, 10, rest in the then lower portions of the elongated eyes, 9. Then the hood and the rollers, 2, occupy the position shown in Fig. 2. When the tilting of the track section, B, and the car begins, the arms, 5, turn forward and downward and carry the arms, 7, forward and downward, thus freeing the hood, J, to move farther, the rollers, 2, traveling in the channels of the rails, 3, and the forward end of the hood being carried by the wrists, 10, and the arms, 7. This movement continues until the movement of the track section, B, is arrested by the stop sill, H, or until the forward movement of the rollers, 2, in the channels of the rails, 3, is arrested by the closed forward ends of the rails. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the latter is the condition, the rollers being held against further movement while the wrists, 10, do not extend fully to the lower limit of the elongated eyes, 9, of the arms, 7, so that the hood is suspended from said rollers and the hood might swing pendulum fashion, were engagement not made be tween the lower end of the hood and the upper portion of the chute, I, and did the load discharging from the car not bear against the hood. The extreme upper portion of the chute, I, is bent forward to receive the forward end of the hood and deflect it rearward. v

The length of the dependingarm, 12, is to be such as to rise above the cross rod, 13',

of the well-known latches heretofore used 7 for such purpose; and when the car is ready for tilting, the attendant releases the door so that the latter is free to swing by the forward pressure of the contents of the car.

Near each forward corner, the forward edge of the hood, J, has a notch, 15, to receive one of the rails of the track section, G,

when said rails and said hood reach the lower limit. The stationary chute, I, has similar notches, 16, to receive the rails of the section, Gr, when said rails move downward into their lower position.

After the car is empty, the tilting track section, B, and the car are righted by any Well-known or preferred means. While this is being done, the arms, 5, carry the hood, J, upward intothe position shown in Fig. 2. To effect such righting of the section, B, and the car, said section may be so constructed as to place a preponderance of weight forward of the axle, C, when the car is loaded, and rearward of said axle, when the car is empty, so that the section, B, will begin tilting as soon as the loaded car reaches its forward limit and will automatically right itself as soon as the load has been discharged from the car. The drawings show the arms, 5, extended downward and rearward below the axle, C, and supporting a weight, W, which is in the form of a suspended trough into which more or less material may be placed for increasing or diminishing said Weight for the purpose of adjusting the structure with reference to balance.

When the hood has, as above described, again returned to the position shown in Fig.

2, the attendant may manually draw the hood farther rearward until it reaches its rearmost position, as shown in Fig. 1. This the attendant may do by taking hold of the hood with his hands and drawing it rearward or by taking hold of the rope, R, and drawing the same rearward. In the drawings, said rope is shown as attached to the forward edge of the hood and extending thence over guide rollers, 17, and, 18, and, 19, and, 20, and supporting at its outer end a counter weight, 21, which may be sufficient to tend to restore or to restore the hood to its rearward position after it has returned to the positionshown in Fig. 2. .vVhen said counter weight is not by itself sufficient to so restore the hood, the attendant may pull upon the rope sufiiciently to cause his ef ort and the action of the counter weight to jointly serve to return the hood to its rest position. When the rope is not used, the

attendant may by hand turn the arm, 7, from the position shown in Fig. 2 back to the posi tion shown in Fig. 1.

When the parts are again righted, as above described, the hook-form stops, D, I), may be moved out of the path of the wheels, and the car made to travel for ard and away from the tipple over the track section, G, in the well-known manner, the hood, J, being supported high enough to make a clear way for the car.

When the car is to be moved backward out of the tipple, the depending arm of the angle bar, 12, within the rear portion of the hood is turned backward on its hinge by the cross rod 13, of the door, until said rod frees itself from said arm.

Thus it will be observed that my improvement is applicable to cross-over tipples and also to return tipples.

I claim as my invention 1. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, of a hood shiftable forward and backward rel tive to the tilting track section, and means for supporting the hood across the forward portion of the car while the latter is being tilted, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting traclr section adapted to receive and tilt a car, of a hood shiftable forward and backward relative to the tilting track section, and means for supporting the hood across the forward portion of the car while the latter is being tilted, said means comprising arms rigid on the tilting track section, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, of a hood, and means for supporting the hood across the forward portion of the car while the latter is being tilted, said means comprising rails which are stationary relative to the tilting track section, substantially as described.

4;. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, of a hood, and means for supporting the hood across the forward portion of the car while the latter is being tilted, said means comprising rails which are stationary relative to the tilting track section, and arms rigid on the tilting track section, substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, and a chute located below said track section, of a hood, and means for supporting and moving said hood in a path extending upward rearward from Said chute and near the path traversed by the ca r while the latter is on the tilting section, substantially as described.

(3. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, and a chute located below said track section, of a hood, and means for supporting and moving said hood in a path extending up ward and rearward from said chute and near the path traversed. by the car while the latter is on the tilting section, said means comprising arms rigid on the tilting track section, substantially as described.

7. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, and a chute located below said track section, of a hood, and means for supporting and moving said hood in a path extending upward and rearward from said chute and near the path traversed by the car while the latter is on the tilting section, said means comprising rails which are stationary relative to the tilting track section, substantially as described.

8. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, and a chute located below said track section, of a hood, and means for supporting and mov ing said hood in a path extending upward and rearward from said chute and near the path traversed by the car while the latter is on the tilting section, said means comprising rails which are stationary relative to the tilting track section and arms rigid on the tilting track section, substantially as described.

9. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, of a hood, and means for supporting the hood across the forward portion of the car while the latter is being tilted, said means comprising arms rigid on the tilting track section and arms hinged to said rigid arms and to the forward portion of the hood, substantially as described.

10. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, of a hood, and means for supporting the hood across the forward portion of the car while the latter is being tilted, said means comprising arms rigid on the tilting track section and arms hinged to said rigid arms and to the forward portion of the hood and also rails which are stationary to the tilting track section, substantially as described.

11. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, of a hood, and means for supporting the hood across the forward portion of the car while the latter is being tilted, said means comprising arms rigid on the tilting track section and counterweighted arms hinged to said rigid arms and to the forward portion of the hood, substantially as described.

12. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, of a hood, and means for supporting the hood across the forward portion of the car while the latter is being tilted, said means comprising arms rigid on the tilting track section and counterweighted arms hinged to said rigid arms and to the forward portion of the hood and also rails which are stationary to the tilting track section, substantially as described.

13. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, and track rails forward of said tilting section, of a hood having notches in its forward edge,

and means for supporting the hood across the forward portion of the car while the latter is being tilted, substantially as described. V

14:. In an apparatus of the nature described, the combination with a tilting track section adapted to receive and tilt a car, an axle rigid with and supporting said section, of a hood, and means for supporting the hood across the forward portion of the car while the latter is being tilted, said means comprising arms rigid on said axle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 22nd day of February, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

ALEXANDER H. IVOOD.

WVitnesses:

CYRUS KEHR, ROY A. JoHNs'roN.

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